However, same time adoption of a uniform asylum policy can create some challenges like:

♤ Borders in South Asia are extremely porous and any conflict can result in a mass movement of people leading to a strain on local infrastructure and resources and also upsetting the demographic balance

♤ It will be bound by law not to repatriate a single refugee against their will which is sometime necessary to deal with political crisis

♤ Giving shelter to every refugee may create new problems like human trafficking and drug trafficking and abuse. It will put additional financial and administrative burden on the State.

India has already faced a surge of refugees and it has dealt the matter well to the large extent possible without any formal policy. The recently enacted Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 is a step towards making well framed asylum policy but it is still narrow. In this context a lot needs to be done to wider its ambit so that it can cover all asylum related cases comprehensively.